The government is busy recruiting institutions to develop domestic manufacturing technology for items that are heavily dependent on imports and have unstable supply to achieve self-sufficiency of national essential medicines.

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety had recently selected 11 products, including 5 raw materials and 6 finished products, as candidates for Stage 1 development after deliberation by the Product Selection Committee, and posted an open recruitment for developers on the webpages of research institutions including Korea Orphan & Essential Drug Center and the Korea Pharmaceutical and Bio-Pharma Manufacturers Association.

The government will additionally recruit developers